Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 2.4 Educational attainment of household populationPercent distribution of the de facto female and male household population age six and over by highest level of education completed,according to background characteristics, Zambia 2001-2002Don'tknow/missing Total NumberMediannumberof yearsBackground No Some Completed Some Completed More thancharacteristic education primary primary 1 secondary secondary 2 secondaryMALEAge6-9 55.0 43.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 100.0 2,396 0.010-14 13.7 79.3 4.3 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 100.0 2,597 2.515-19 6.3 46.6 18.9 25.8 2.0 0.1 0.2 100.0 1,948 5.820-24 5.7 26.3 21.6 28.4 14.2 3.5 0.3 100.0 1,399 6.825-29 7.0 24.4 21.8 26.5 13.8 6.3 0.3 100.0 1,365 6.830-34 5.5 19.2 22.5 27.5 13.6 11.3 0.4 100.0 1,071 7.535-39 6.8 19.0 27.5 27.8 9.8 9.0 0.0 100.0 812 6.940-44 5.0 17.0 34.7 24.6 9.5 8.5 0.6 100.0 590 6.845-49 6.8 21.1 26.0 29.2 5.3 10.6 1.0 100.0 452 6.850-54 11.4 24.3 21.1 26.0 5.7 11.3 0.3 100.0 338 6.655-59 16.8 39.0 16.0 15.6 4.5 8.0 0.0 100.0 295 5.260-64 22.1 44.0 13.6 11.7 2.8 4.8 1.1 100.0 292 3.765+ 36.6 46.0 7.8 5.7 1.1 1.8 1.0 100.0 523 1.9ResidenceUrban 8.9 33.0 14.4 24.8 11.2 7.2 0.5 100.0 5,198 6.5Rural 22.8 46.5 14.8 11.5 2.2 1.6 0.5 100.0 8,878 3.3ProvinceCentral 15.8 44.2 14.7 17.4 3.6 4.0 0.2 100.0 1,056 4.7Copperbelt 8.8 34.9 15.7 24.1 9.2 7.0 0.2 100.0 2,790 6.4Eastern 30.2 42.4 11.1 10.1 3.5 1.8 0.8 100.0 1,880 2.1Luapula 22.8 48.3 14.9 10.7 1.3 2.0 0.0 100.0 1,052 3.3Lusaka 10.8 33.0 15.7 21.3 11.5 6.9 0.9 100.0 1,997 6.4Northern 18.3 45.5 16.0 14.4 3.6 1.8 0.4 100.0 1,915 4.1North-Western 23.1 46.7 9.5 15.8 2.1 2.6 0.2 100.0 669 3.2Southern 17.5 44.2 18.6 14.4 3.3 1.6 0.4 100.0 1,573 4.1Western 23.9 48.8 11.2 10.6 3.4 0.8 1.2 100.0 1,145 2.9Total 17.7 41.5 14.7 16.4 5.5 3.7 0.5 100.0 14,077 4.5FEMALEAge6-9 53.2 45.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 100.0 2,401 0.010-14 15.4 76.7 5.3 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 100.0 2,543 2.715-19 8.9 41.6 17.8 29.2 2.1 0.1 0.2 100.0 1,938 5.920-24 11.8 34.4 19.1 23.5 8.1 2.9 0.1 100.0 1,759 6.225-29 10.5 35.0 20.9 23.8 4.3 5.3 0.1 100.0 1,448 6.230-34 11.5 35.8 23.3 21.8 2.9 4.5 0.3 100.0 1,022 6.135-39 15.8 36.4 24.5 17.7 1.9 3.2 0.5 100.0 811 5.740-44 19.2 35.3 25.9 13.8 1.9 4.0 0.0 100.0 644 5.445-49 21.9 44.9 18.2 9.2 0.9 4.8 0.2 100.0 487 3.850-54 43.1 39.6 6.7 5.3 0.6 3.8 0.8 100.0 444 0.855-59 55.3 36.9 3.7 1.6 0.0 1.6 1.0 100.0 330 0.060-64 63.9 30.9 1.9 0.8 0.0 1.8 0.7 100.0 307 0.065+ 71.1 26.5 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.9 100.0 518 0.0ResidenceUrban 12.9 38.5 17.0 22.4 4.6 4.3 0.3 100.0 5,417 5.8Rural 31.6 48.9 10.2 7.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 100.0 9,237 2.0ProvinceCentral 21.6 48.5 12.5 13.0 2.1 2.4 0.1 100.0 1,074 3.7Copperbelt 15.4 38.2 18.5 20.5 3.4 3.6 0.4 100.0 2,824 5.5Eastern 36.4 45.5 7.0 7.7 1.3 1.3 0.6 100.0 1,940 1.3Luapula 28.5 55.3 9.1 6.0 0.6 0.4 0.0 100.0 1,147 2.0Lusaka 15.1 40.4 17.1 18.1 4.3 4.4 0.6 100.0 1,973 5.2Northern 28.5 48.4 9.9 10.8 1.3 0.5 0.6 100.0 2,033 2.6North-Western 32.7 47.1 7.6 10.3 1.1 1.0 0.2 100.0 726 1.9Southern 22.2 46.8 15.9 12.1 1.5 1.0 0.5 100.0 1,621 3.4Western 33.5 45.7 9.0 9.5 1.2 0.4 0.8 100.0 1,317 1.8Total 24.7 45.0 12.7 13.0 2.1 1.9 0.5 100.0 14,655 3.21Completed 7th year at the primary level2Completed 12th year at the secondary level16 | Characteristics of Households and Respondents